Linfan Liu is currently a practicing architect and an editor in Philadelphia, USA. She received PhD in Architecture at University of Pennsylvania, through which her dissertation examines the use of Chinese landscape painting as a conceptual and tactical device in contemporary architectural practice. Her research interests include historical and theoretical connections between painting, architecture and landscape architecture, and the refreshing perspective in architecture through inter-disciplinary exchange.
Liu’s past training in architecture – both in China and the United States – supports her current role in practice. She is a project architect at DIGSAU in Philadelphia. She is also an overseas editor for Ruyi Space of id+c magazine.
December 2022, “Nature in Mountains and Rivers: The Architectural Theory and Practice of WANG Shu [山水中的自然——王澍的建筑理论与实践],” The Architect [建筑师], No. 6 (2022): 27-34.
May 2018, “Translating the past: Suzhou gardens as a generator in architecture,” ARCC-EAAE 2018 International Conference: Architectural Research for a Global Community, Philadelphia, PA https://doi.org/10.17831/rep:arcc%y531
February 2018, “A pictorial vision in architecture: a review of the use of paintings in modern architectural theories and practices [建筑如画——由绘画引申开来的关于现代建筑理论和实践的几 点思考],” New Architecture [新建筑], No. 1 (2018): 22-27.
December 2017, “Rethinking Pei: A Pictorial Vision of Space,” Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
